Pennsylvania · Public charity
Believe & Achieve Foundation
To provide access to basic needs for at-risk children in local neighborhoods.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $14k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $105k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Believe & Achieve Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $14k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $30k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $47k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $30k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $95k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $97k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandywine YMCA | $180,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chester County Food Bank | $85,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc | $42,000 | 2 | 0% |
| West Chester Area School District Education Support Professionals As | $39,485 | 4 | n/a |
| Coatesville Area School District | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Locust Lane Riding Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Kennett Consolidated School Distric | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chester Co Intermediate Unit 24 Education Association | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
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About Believe & Achieve Foundation
- How much does Believe & Achieve Foundation give?
- Believe & Achieve Foundation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $14,000, out of $25,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Believe & Achieve Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (42%), Recreation & Sports (21%), Food & Nutrition (20%).
- Who are Believe & Achieve Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Brandywine YMCA ($180k), Chester County Food Bank ($85k), Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc ($42k).
- Does Believe & Achieve Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Believe & Achieve Foundation based?
- Believe & Achieve Foundation is based in PA.
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